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15
November
2021

Any new attempt to undermine Ukraine's territorial integrity to have serious consequences – German, French FMs' statement

BERLIN. Nov 15 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Foreign Ministers of Germany and France are concerned about the military activity of Russia near the Ukrainian border, the ministers of the two countries said in a statement.

"Against the backdrop of renewed concerns about Russian movements of troops and hardware near Ukraine, we call on Russia to adopt a posture of restraint and provide transparent information about its military activities. Any new attempt to undermine Ukraine’s territorial integrity would have serious consequences," the ministers said in the joint statement, which was released on Monday, following the meeting of ministers with a Ukrainian counterpart in Brussels.

Germany and France are ready for an early meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Normandy Format countries.

"We express our readiness to meet and engage constructively and substantially. We repeat our call on Russia to do the same in order to achieve lasting peace in Donbas," the ministers said in the statement.

The Foreign Ministers of Germany and France also called on Kyiv for restraint due to the movement of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, the ministers of the two countries said in the statement.

"We called on Ukraine to maintain a posture of restraint," according to the statement.